Unto us a Son is born--Sunday, December 20, 2009

Children’s Message


In Sunday School for the past few weeks, we have been looking at Jesus as the Son.

First, we spent time studying Jesus as the son of Joseph. We looked at his family tree through Joseph, tracing him all the way back to King David.

Last week, we looked at Jesus as the son of Mary, and today in worship, the adults will hear the scripture of Mary’s response to the news that she was going to be the mother of God’s son.

This week, the focus will be on Jesus as the son of God—the greatest gift given to us—God giving his son to be the Messiah here on earth to bring the Good News to all the world, especially the poor and the outcast.

And we understand Jesus as the Son in all of these ways: the son of Joseph, connecting him to the house of David just as the prophets of the old testament told. . . the son of Mary, bringing a song of joy to the world just as Mary sang. . . and Jesus as the son of God—the Messiah—God with us.

As we approach the joyous day of Christmas, there are so many things that are happening—parties and presents—special meals and visitors—new Christmas outfits and treasured family rituals. I hope that you enjoy everything that is special and wonderful about Christmas, and I hope you remember that at the very center of it all was a little babe who was destined to bring great and wonderful things to our world—"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given" (Isaiah 9:6—KJV)



Loving God—
We give our gifts to you in the name of Jesus Christ,
Messiah of whom the prophets spoke
As we prepare our hearts and minds
To welcome the Christ child in.
Amen.